When arena-brawler One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows was first announced, everyone wondered just how the heck it would work. After all, main character Saitama is the titular One Punch Man -- he can beat anyone or anything in a single blow. Not exactly a great mechanic for a fighting game, right?
This new trailer for the game sheds a little more light on how things will actually function. As it turns out, yes, you will be able to knock your opponent out in one hit -- but there's a catch. You start battles as a different character, and the better that you fight, the faster Saitama arrives on the scene. Once he gets there, you basically can't lose.
We assume this mechanic is a story mode feature, but if that's the case, does that mean Saitama isn't playable anywhere else? Surely not? It's a fun mechanic, but we still don't really understand how it'll be balanced. If he's allowed online, we know who we're maining!
What do you think of One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows? Sock 'em right in the jaw in the comments section below.
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You can always trust Bandai Namco to properly balance these anime fighters...
Does this mean you can't play as Saitama?
Could be an interesting mechanic. It'll be nice to see how it works in practice. I'm assuming more of a 'Fatal KO' (Hokuto No Ken, PS2) sort of feel.
Meh, still not interested in this one.
I think it can still be good even if you can't really play as Saitama - most people don't always only play as Goku in DBZ games or Luffy in One Piece or Mario in SSB - so he's basically a bystander in his own game, which is fine if the other characters are fun.
That said, w/ so many other fighters already out there I see this mostly only appealing to OPM fans. But I can maybe see a younger crowd of tweens using this as "their" game and their anime. Whether that's enough we'll have to wait and see.
It should work in reverse for Genos. The more Genos falls to pieces, the closer you get to being able to activate his self-destruct. Then, once he tries to activate self-destruct, Saitama arrives to save him.
You should be able to play as One Punch, and win every fight with no effort, then as a player you would experience his dilemma as he does in the show.
That actually sounds really awesome, it sounds like it captures the feeling of the manga/anime where other heroes are trying to hold off threats as much as possible. I look forward to seeing more!
This sounds pretty cool! I steer clear of most of these anime arena brawlers, but I might just give this one a shot!
That's pretty much the same approach the series seems to have taken, going by what I know of the anime, so it's not too surprising, but still refreshing to see this game go the same way.
That's kinda lame. As I've said before, it would take a huge amount of effort and notable industry innovation to properly make this series into a game. Heck, the way the main characters works even posed trouble for the second season's story, so of course this game is gonna do it terribly.
Anime fighters need to get better they've been mediocre for decades.
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